One hundred and five more villages in India now have access to electricity, adding up to a total of 7,654. Out of these, 33 villages are in Assam, 23 in Bihar, 12 in Jharkhand, six in Arunachal Pradesh, nine in Rajasthan, five in Chhattisgarh, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, one each in Manipur and Himachal Pradesh, and three in Odisha

The Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction, along with its JV partner,Daewoo E&C of South Korea, has bagged a contract from the Bihar State Road Development Corporation for the design and construction of greenfield six-lane cable bridge over river Ganga in Patna.